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rito".' So far as could 1k' learned, the Tewa do not apply tbe 

 term Tsidege or Pajarito to any mesa other than [17:35]. The 

 (Vx'hiti name (juotod above is just as likely a translation from the 

 Span, name as vice versa. Bandelier- says: "The Mesa del I'aja- 

 rito forms the northern lim of a deep gorge called Rito do los 

 Frijoles [28:6]". Hewett^ writes: 



Beginning about a inile and a half south of Tsankawi [16:114], the aspect of 

 the country changes. From the Pajarito Canyon [17: 30] to Rito de los Frijoles 

 [28:6], a distance of perhaps 10 miles, the high abrupt narrow tongue-like 

 mesas protruding toward the river with broad timliered valleys between are 

 replaced by one great table-land, the Mesa del rajaiito, which at first sight 

 appears to be one continuous expanse only partially covered with pifion, cedar, 

 and juniijer. It is, however, deeply cut at frequent intervals by narrow and 

 absolutely impassable canyons. 



Cf. the names Pajarito Plateau and I'ajarito Park; see intro- 

 duction to [16], page 260. Perhaps [17:5.3] is the nearest Tewa 

 equivalent to "Mesa del Pajarito"' as the latter is applied by 

 Bandelier. See also [17:65]. 



[17:37] San Ildefonso Besu^iwe 'chimney place' {hesu 'chimney' 

 apparently <he 'smallness and roundness' 'small and round', .«(< 

 'arrow' 'shaft'; '/my' locative). 



It is said that some American soldiers once huilt houses at 

 this place, of which the chimneys are still standing. The arroyo 

 [17:38] is named after this place. 



[17:38] San Ildefon.so Besuhj/lm^i 'chimney place arroyo', referring 

 to [16:37] (Besi/kvc, see [16:37]; '?''' locative and adjective- 

 forming postfix; hii'ii 'large groove' 'arroyo'). 



[17:39] San Ildefonso T»lU'Q<?akompijiakq'r)f 'plain south of the bird 

 place', referring to [17:.34](7iv'^egr<', see [17:34]; ''al-ompije 'south' 

 <\ikqi]f 'plain' 'down country ',^?<'7V 'toward'; \il-qrjf 'plain"). 

 This name is applied to the large low region between TsUege and 

 the Rio Grande. 



[17:40] Rio Grande, Box Canyon of the Rio Grande, see special treat- 

 ment [Large Features], pages 100-102. 



[17:41] San Ildefonso Tsihraje, see [20:45]. 



[17:42] (1) San Ildefonso Ku'baju\-S_ri fhu u 'colt arroyo' {kata/u 

 'horse' <Span. caballo 'horse'; '<? diminutive; '/''locative and 

 adjective-forming postfix; /nihc 'large groove' 'arroyo'). Cf. 

 Eng. (2), Span. (3). 



(2) Eng. Colt Arroyo. (<Span.) = Span. (3). Cf. Tewa (1). 



(3) Span. Arroyo del Potrillo' colt arroyo'. =Eng. (2). Cf. 

 Tewa(l). Whether the Tewa or the Span, name was first applied 

 is hardly ascertainable, nor is it known why the name was applied. 



1 Bandelier. P'inal Keport. pt. II, pp. 79, ICS. 1892. ^ Antiquities, p. 22, 190fi. 



' Ibid., p. 79. 



